Scylla Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Apparently they lost the ability to taste sweets. http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/09/dinosaurs-lost-the-ability-to-taste-sugar-hummingbirds-re-evolved-it/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raggedy Man Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Fascinating ...I'm back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 Unfortunately my T1-R2 and T1-R3 are off the charts...something I attribute to inheriting from my father. He was an admitted Choclaholic. I think he would have loved being buried in a Hershey's coffin. Interesting story, I was raised on a chicken farm and they seemed to really go for sweet fruits. Maybe they were the exception. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmaier Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Just as fruits have evolved to produce sugar to lure grazing animals to eat them, animals have evolved a sense of taste that makes what is good for them taste good. Also what is bad for them smells bad and tastes bad. If they have no taste either way for it, then it might not be harmful or is not commonly found it their environment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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